The girls were wearing pink backpacks iEDs suicide vests. One was maybe eight years old and the other one no more than six. The encounter with the little girls had flipped a switch in me Unlocking a hatred for the enemy that continued to well up. "For the first time in my life I understood what it was to truly hate"
Ephraim Mattos is the founder of Stronghold Rescue & Relief, a non-profit organization that protects and cares for families in conflict zones.
He is a former Navy SEAL, and the author of “City of Death: Humanitarian Warriors in the Battle of Mosul”.
You can support Stronghold’s mission at www.strongholdrescue.org .
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